The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 6, 2058
Waning Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
12:33 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1679
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 6, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 295.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 41m / 22.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.83° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.56° / -0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.70° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.